diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml-cpp/default.nix
index 13141923202a..ebfe53b25138 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml-cpp/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libyaml-cpp";
-  version = "0.6.3";
+  version = "0.7.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jbeder";
     repo = "yaml-cpp";
     rev = "yaml-cpp-${version}";
-    sha256 = "0ykkxzxcwwiv8l8r697gyqh1nl582krpvi7m7l6b40ijnk4pw30s";
+    sha256 = "sha256-2tFWccifn0c2lU/U1WNg2FHrBohjx8CXMllPJCevaNk=";
   };
 
   # implement https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/commit/52a1378e48e15d42a0b755af7146394c6eff998c